Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Obama's Legacy in Internet Security: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

I just read NextGov's new article summarizing President Obama's accomplishments in Internet security.  What he did, what he didn't do, and how it all turned out.  The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Below is an excerpt from the article, centered around the following question, which sums it up well.

Are We Better Off Than We Were Eight Years Ago?

"That question—are we better off in cyberspace now than we were eight years ago?—was a particularly troubling one for cyber experts consulted by Nextgov."

Their answer, by and large, was a qualified........ No.


“We’re better off in terms of policies and institutions to deal with cybersecurity, but worse off with regard to the threat landscape and the actual security environment,” said Tim Maurer, co-lead of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
“There’ve been improvements on protecting us from attacks on critical infrastructure,” said Adam Segal, director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. “I think those are much less likely than before. But, overall, the progress has not kept up with the pace of the threat.”
Even Michael Daniel, the president’s cybersecurity coordinator, whom many experts credited with shepherding major advances during four-and-a-half years in the post, was not entirely sanguine.
“I think we’re clearly more capable and I think in many ways, we’re more aware and we are safer in many ways,” Daniel told Nextgov. “But our vulnerability has continued to expand as well …The landscape is more serious and more dangerous.”  " ] 
source ~NextGov 

Stay tuned, and stay safe

Ed

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